Government, Health & Medicine, International

Leni Robredo Wants To Be Coronavirus Czar like U.S. VP Mike Pence

February 29, 2020 Pol Pinoy 1 Comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – There’s something about being “czar” that excites Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo.

Fresh from being appointed then fired as the drug czar of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, Robredo now wants to be named the “coronavirus czar.”

It all started when U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was named the White House point person quarterbacking the administration’s response to COVID-19.

The Philippine VP told The Adobo Chronicles that she would very much like to be Pence’s counterpart for the Philippines.

”I think I can do a great job in stopping COVID-19 from spreading in the country,” she said. “If VP Pence can do it, I, too, as Philippine Vice President can.”

Law Enforcement, Politics

VP Leni Robredo Lectures Senator Grace Poe On ABS-CBN Franchise Extension

February 28, 2020 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – A concurrent resolution from the Senate and the House of Representatives authorizing the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to extend ABS-CBN Corp’s franchise is enough to allow the network to operate until lawmakers decide on a new one, said Senator Grace Poe.

But a leading lawyer, none other than Vice President Leni Robredo, debunked Poe’s statement and proceeded to lecture the Senator.

”How can either House of Congress concur with the other to resolve the franchise issue when these are two separate and independent branches of the legislature,” Robredo said.

”It’s plain common sense,” the VP pointed out, adding that “just like it is common sense for me as VP not to concur with any and all of the President’s pronouncements or executive orders, it is equally common sense for Senators never to agree to anything emanating from the House of Representatives and vice versa.”

To each his/her own…

Business, Film and TV, Media, Politics

Duterte Accepts Apology, ABS-CBN Will Donate Money Owed To Favorite Charities

February 26, 2020 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted ABS-CBN’s public apology over money owed by the network for not airing the then Presidential candidate’s political campaign ad.

But Duterte said ABS-CBN should just donate the remaining ₱2.6-million the network owes him to its favorite charity.

ABS-CBN gladly obliged and announced it was donating the money not to one, but two of the network’s favorite chairites: ABS-CBN Foundation and the Kapamilya Foundation.

This is what is called “quits.